The Republic of City of Beloretsk is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, ritual sacrifices, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, devout population of 719 million City of Beloretskians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.8%.

The thriving City of Beloretskian economy, worth 50.6 trillion Ducats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,388 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, the death penalty has been reintroduced, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, and exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. City of Beloretsk's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

City of Beloretsk is ranked 213,951^st in the world and 459^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.